Cryptozoology 101: The Honey Island Swamp Monster and MoMo.
Well after watching the show last night I could tell about two of the creatures that were in it, One of them being the Honey Island Swamp Monster and the other being Momo. But there were other cryptids that were in this show that definitely were related to a number of sightings in the southern US.
But we'll discuss two of them, namely The Honey Island Swamp Monster (which Doc Solomon Saturday first tracked in 1984, and his cousin Momo (Which is short for the Missouri Monster.)
Now the Honey Island Swamp Monster was supposedly a creature that towers in at seven feet (2.2 meters) tall and emits a foul smell, as well as having four toes on each of it's Bipedal feet. It is bipedal in nature, and is supposedly lurking around the Honey Island Region south of New Orleans, Louisiana. In fact here's a rough sketch or potential picture of the monster.
The Honey Island Swamp Monster. (Artist Rendition)
Now as for sightings the first sightings of the creature were 35 years ago in 1974 by a retired air traffic controller by the name of Harlan Ford who after retiring from his job took up nature photography.
It was in that year that Harlan had somehow photographed this creature in the sloughs of the Honey Island Swamp region (which is just an hour south of New Orleans. After this initial sighting in which Mr. Ford describes that the creature had 4 toes and walked on it's hind legs that the story took off. and for the next six years Harlan Ford along with his best friend Billy (Ray) Mills hunted the creature to accquire more footage of the creature.
It wasn't until Mr. Ford's death in 1980, that a mysterious Super 8mm Film showed up in his belongings that had photos of said monster.
And even today there are yearly reports of the creature still being reported. And that in fact in 1989 (If this is true and more than Likely is) that Doc Solomon Saturday (as a young boy) Tracked down and proved the existence of said cryptid, some 9 years after Harlan Ford's death.
Now as for the other creature mentioned, which is called Momo (for the full name
The Missouri Monster) this creature is the name of a local legend, in Missouri and in some ways is similar to the Honey Island Swamp Monster but is more like Bigfoot/Sasquatch which was located in Missouri. The creature is reported to have a large, pumpkin-shaped head, with a furry body, and hair covering the eyes.
The creature was first reported in Louisana Missouri in July 1971 by two locals of the area, Joan Mills and Mary Ryan. Both women described the creature as having it's pumpkin shaped head and that it stood about seven feet (2.1-2.2 meters) in height. The creature also emitted a foul smell as well. While some scientists dismissed the incident as being that of a rogue black bear, it wasn't until July 11, 1972 at 3:30 pm that afternoon, that the creaTerry, Wally, and Doris Harrison, the sightings lasted for about 2 weeks after that.
But Momo has been sighted over the next thirty years with the latest sighting being in October 2002. In that instance Momo was spotted crossing a highway just south of Bourbon Missouri by a motorist who was driving along the road.
In short Momo and the Honey Island Swamp monster could be real cryptids.. Or they could be some experiment that went horribly wrong.
But either way these creatures do exist.. There are others and I'll try to find more examples of some of the critters that reside in the Southern US. (and Mr. Stephens, feel free to add in the Missing Monsters names and I'll be sure to do a follow up class on those creatures.)
But until then... Class Dismissed.
(Cryptozoology 101 Teacher)
I'd posted this back in 2016, over ten years ago!
